Storm-sash holder.



J. B. LEE, JR. STORM SASH HOLDER.

ABPLIOATION TILED JAN. 17,1910.

Patented Aug. 9,1910.

mwzmzz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. LEE, JR., OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS,

TO J". J. LEE, 0E MINNEAPOLIS,

MINNESOTA.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. LEE, Jr., a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Storm-Sash Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

y invention has for its object to pro vide a simple and highly efiicientstorm sash holder or fastener and, to this end, the invention consistsof the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter describedand defined in the claims.

Hitherto, devices have been provided which will securely hold storm sashin closed positions, but, so far as I am aware, no satisfactory devicehas been provided which will securely hold a storm sash in an openposition and prevent rattling thereof or even danger of the sash beingblown from its hinges. The annoyance produced by the rattling of an openstorm sash secured by the customary hook rod and eye has generally beenso great that storm sash are seldom left open at night, although this ishighly desirable, especially in sleeping rooms, for the purpose ofventilation. Fur thermore, in many buildings, such as flats, hotels andapartment houses, which are usually built close to the street, manyersonal accidents have been caused by the lowing of open storm sash fromtheir hinges, which hin es are customarily of the separable type app iedto the upper edges of the sash.

My invention provides an extremely simple and highly eflicient device bymeans of which storm sash may be securely locked in closed positionsand, furthermore, may be securely held in open positions withoutpossibility of rattling under the action of the wind and without dangerof the sash being blown from its hinges.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a view in vertical section,showing the lower Specification of Letters Patent. Application filedJanuary 17, 1910.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910. Serial No. 538,416.

portions of a Window frame and storm sash and showing the latter held inan open po sition by one of my improved holders; Fig. 2 is a viewcorresponding to Fig. l, but showing the storm sash locked in a closedposition; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the improved holder, some parts beingbroken away; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the holder; and Fig. 5 is adetail in elevation, showing a combined finger piece and lock clip whichis applied'to the lower portion of the storm sash.

The numeral 1 indicates an ordinary window frame having the customarysill 2, and the numeral 3 indicates the storm sash which, in the presentinstance, will be assumed to be hung on hinges applied to the upper edgethereof. In applying my improved holder to the storm sash hung in thismanner, the base member 4L of the device is rigidly secured, by screwsor otherwise, to the window sill 2 just inward of the plane of the stopstrips 5 against which the storm sash 3 is seated when closed. This basemember 4 is, as shown, in the form of a bifurcated bracket and, locatedbetween and pivotally connected at 6 to the sides thereof, is a locklever 7 provided with a cam or eccentric portion 8. The body of the locklever 7 is also preferably bifurcated to form laterally spaced lugs towhich a short lock bar 9 is pivotally connected at one end by a pin 10,which pin is eccentric to the lever pivot 6. At its free end, the lockbar 9 is provided with a perforated head 11. The cam surface 8 of thelock lever 7 is engageable with the free end portion of a spring presserplate 12 shown as attached at one end to a pin 13 which, in turn, issecured to the sides of the base bracket 4. This pin 13 serves as a stopto limit the movement of the lock lever 7, as is shown in Fig. 1. Belowthe pin 13, the inner transverse web of the anchor bracket 4: isprovided with an anchoring pin 14 that is adapted to engage with any oneof a series of perforations 15 formed in a relatively long lock bar 16.This long lock bar 16 is preferably made of spring metal and, at itsouter end, it is provlded with a perforation or lug seat 17.

Secured on the inner surface of the lower bar of the storm sash 3 is asmall metallic clip or plate 18, the upper end of which, as shown,serves as a finger piece. This cl1p 18 is preferably provide with upperand lower hook lugs 19 and 20, respectively.

When the storm sash is closed, the perforated head 11 of the short lockbar 9 is adapted to be engaged with the upper hook lug 19, (when thelock lever 7 is moved pivotally toward the right in respect to Fig. 1),and when the said lock lever is moved back into the positions shown inFigs. 1 and 2, the storm sash will be tightly drawn and securely lockedin its closed position. By reference particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, itwill be noted that, when the lock lever 7 is moved in its extremeposition toward the left, the pin 10 is moved below a dead center inrespect to the lever pivot 6 and the upper hook lug 19, so that the saidlever will tend to remain in its locking position.

When it is desired to secure the storm sash in an open osition, the seat17 at the outer end of the long spring bar 16 is engaged, preferably,with the lower hook lug 20, and one of the perforations 15 thereof isengaged with the anchor pin 14: of the anchor bracket 4. This shouldreferably be done while the lever 7 is turned? toward the right or intoan inverted position in respect to that shown in Fig. 1, and when thesaid lever is then turned back to its position shown in Fig. 1, its camportion 8, acting on the spring plate 12, will press the latter downwardagainst the bar 16, thereby producing a considerable bend in the saidbar and a very considerable downward pressure thereof which insures asafe engagement between the outer end of the said bar and the engagedhook 20. This spring action of'the bar 16 and the downward pressurethereof takes up all play between the several parts, and preventsrattling as well as accidental disengagement between the bar and theopen storm sash.

When the long bar 16 is out of use, it is adapted to be inserted througha transverse seat 21.formed in the sides of the anchoring bracket 4 and,when the said bar is thus held,

it will occupy a position which will not in terfere with the customarywindow sash and the movements thereof.

This device, while herein designated as a storm sash holder or fastener,is, as is evident, capable of use generally for holding swinging windowdevices or even doors, for that matter, and would be especiallyserviceable for use in connection with window blinds. When applied to asash or a blind mounted on side hinges, the device should, of course, beapplied to one side of the window frame and to one side of such sash orblind. Attention is further called to the fact that the spring bar, whenbent downward, exerts a yielding downward pull on the open storm sashand serves efliciently to hold in engagement and against rattlin thecooperating members of the separable hinges applied in the customary wayto support a storm sash from its upper edge. When greater downwardpressure is desired than is produced by engagement of the outer end ofthe spring bar 16 with the lower hook lug 20, this may be obtained byengaging the outer end of said bar 16 with the upper hook lug 19.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a swin ing sash or similar device and arelatively Xed support of an anchor bracket secured to said support, abar adapted to have interlocking engagement with said anchor bracket andwith a part carried by said sash, and a device applied to said anchorbracket for depressing the intermediate portion of said bar and forholding the same interlocked with the cooperating engaged parts,substantially as described.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a base bracket adapted forattachment to a window frame, a cam lever pivoted to said bracket, and aholding bar having interlocking engagement with said bracket and adaptedfor connection to the window sash, the said cam lever serving to holdsaid bar interlocked with said bracket, substantially as described.

8. The combination with a window sash or similar device and a relativelyfixed support, of an anchor bracket secured to said support and providedwith a bar supporting ledge and anchor pin, a hook lug on said sash, aspring bar having a perforation at its outer end adapted to engage saidhook lug and having perforations at its inner end portion engageablewith said anchor pin, and a cam lever pivoted to said anchor bracket andoperative on said spring bar to depress the intermediate portion thereofand to hold the same interlocked with said hook lug and anchor pin,substantially as described.

4c. In a device of the kind described comprising a base bracket, a baradapted to have interlocking engagement with said base bracket, ayielding presser plate attached to said bracket and directly engageablewith said bar and a cam lever pivoted to said base bracket and directlyengageable with said presser plate, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a swinging sash or similar device and a fixedsupport, of an anchor bracket secured to said support and provided witha bearing ledge with projectmg anchor pin, a cam lever pivoted to saidanchor bracket, a relatively short lock bar eccentrically attached tosaid cam lever and adapted to have interlocking engagement with a parton said sash for securingsaid In testimony whereof I afiix my signaturesash in a closed position, and a relatively in presence 0' twowitnesses. long spring bar engageable with said anchor JOHN B LEE JRpin, engaged by said cam lever and adapted to have interlockingengagement with apart Witnesses:

on said sash for securing the same in an open I'IARRY D. Klneonm,osition, substantially as described. FRANK D. MERCHANT.

